Grand Cascapedia River: A History: Volume 1

Hoagy B. Carmichael (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2015
Artabras (Verlag)
978-0-7892-1222-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Originating in two rocky torrents in the Shick-Shock Mountains, the Grand Cascapedia River cuts across the forested wilderness of Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula and empties into Chaleur Bay. Just as exceptional as the river’s natural beauty are the giant salmon that return there each summer to spawn. Known to the local Micmac Indians from time immemorial, these outsize fish have attracted wealthy and well-connected sportsmen—including captains of industry and U.S. presidents—since the mid-nineteenth century. Now, in these exhaustively researched and superbly written volumes, veteran angler Hoagy B. Carmichael reveals the eventful history of this most exclusive salmon river.

The first volume of The Grand Cascapedia River recounts the discovery of the river’s salmon by adventurous outdoorsmen in the 1840s; the assignment of fishing rights on the river to successive Governors General of Canada, as a curious perk of office; and—in a fascinating encounter between the Gilded Age and the northern wilds—the subsequent purchase of those rights by a small group of American millionaires, the “Old Club.” The second volume begins with the dissolution of the Old Club in the depths of the Great Depression and traces the development of the private camps, each with its own character and lore, that are found along the river today. It also explores the management of the river’s natural resources and the present-day division of fishing rights between the camps, the Micmacs, and the public.

Both volumes are illustrated with hundreds of rare archival photographs, as well as original maps and drawings. The Grand Cascapedia River represents an important contribution not only to the annals of sport, but also to social history and wildlife conservation and management.

Autor

Hoagy B. Carmichael, a noted authority on fly fishing, is also the author of A Master’s Guide to Building a Bamboo Fly Rod (with Everett Garrison) and 8 by Carmichael.

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Table of Contents

Introduction: By Charles Woods III

Foreword: By Hoagy B. Carmichael

Early Days
- Discovery
- The Need to Regulate
- Railroads and Salmon Fishing
- American Dollars
- Dawson's Pen

The Governor-Generals
- Dufferin Sets the Table
- Lord Lorne and His Princess
- Royalty Arrives
- The Americans Reposition
- Lorne's Last Years
- Lord Lansdowne
- The Scramble for Water
- Lord Stanley

The Old Club
- The Gaspe Railway
- The Auction
- De Forest's Syndicate
- The Building Program
- Trouble at Jack the Sailor
- Early Conservation Measures
- Changes in the Membership
- Mr. Frick Takes a Vacation
- Setting Boundaries
- The Covered Bridge

Lorne Cottage
- Charles Barnes and Friends
- The Spauldings and the Kings
- The Boston Gang

Red Camp
- A Place of His Own
- Mr. Davis Arrives
- Davis' Rise and Fall
- The Bonbright Years
- A Recipe for Change
- A Gentleman Caller
- Final Days

Mershon's—Cascapedia Cottage
- Mr. Paterson Joins the Captain
- Dealing with E.W. Davis
- Mershon's Quest for the Moen Pool
- The New Man from Detroit
- The Last of It

Camp Douglas-Beck—Salmon Lodge
- "The Beck"
- The Tales of Fred M. Kirby
- William Bonbright Takes Over
- The Man from J.P. Morgan

Camp Chaleur
- The "Cottage"
- The Phipps Family

The Cascapedia Riparian Association
- The Guardians
- The Business of Netting
- Lumbering and the Floating Logs
- The Taking of Trout
- A Battleground Closer to Home

The Grand Cascapedia River Map

Appendix

Old Club
- Marion Hollins - The Perfect Swing
- Fishing Licenses
- Club Rules
- Frank Gray Griswold's Titles
- Frick Faces the Unions

Mershon's
- Mershon Woods Stew

Bibliography

Endnotes

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.3.2015
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 216 x 279 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-7892-1222-6 / 0789212226
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7892-1222-1 / 9780789212221
• Zustand: Neuware